News
Symposium on Web, Mobile & Software Development Technologies
Date: 19/09/2016
Venue: Department Of Information Technology, DUT, Ritson Campus, Tutorial Block
Address: 22 Winterton Walk, Durban, 4000
The fast advancement of web, mobile and cloud computing technologies is bringing a new paradigm shift from conventional computing and communications technologies. The internet is rapidly evolving with increasingly sophisticated devices, platforms, APIs, applications, and web browsers. Adding to this is the regular advancement of software development languages and databases, thus making it increasingly difficult for ICT professionals to keep abreast of new developments.
DUT in conjunction with the DUT AppFactory is proud to host the third Symposium on Web, Mobile & Software Development Technologies. The symposium will provide a platform that will allow experts, software developers, researchers and professionals in the industry to exchange their latest research results and development activities.
The primary objective is to:
- Showcase trends and new developments in the mobile, web and cloud sectors.
- Promote best practices in software development within the mobile, web and cloud sectors.
- Showcasing strategies for empowering software developers and communities.
This symposium will host a number of invited speakers who will present demonstration, technical reports, tutorials, research talks and related issues on the web, mobile and cloud computing platforms.
Who Should Attend?
- Software Developers
- Software Development Managers
- Business Administrators
- Mobile Phone Developers
- Testers
- Software Start-up’s and CEO’s
- Academics
- Researchers
Venue: Accounting and Informatics Tutorial Block
08:00-08:25 Arrival, Registration Activities
08:25-08:30 Introduction of Key Note Speaker
08:30-09:25 Keynote Speaker:
On behalf of Microsoft South Africa: Gail Shaw
Topic: Microsoft SQL Server 2016: What’s New?
| Talks | Speakers |
| 10:00 AM-10:20 AM
Tea |
|
| 10:25 AM-11:00 AM
Deep Dive: SQL Server 2016 In-Memory OLTP (Hekaton) |
Gail Shaw |
| 11:05 AM-11:40 AM
SAP Fiori based UX |
Bernard Le Tourneur |
| 11:45 AM-12:20 PM
The Microsoft AppFactory |
Leslie Price |
| 12:25 PM-12:55 PM
Lunch |
|
| 01:00 PM-01:35 PM
The State of Agile Methodologies in South Africa |
Cassim Vanker |
| 01:40 PM-02:15 PM
The Adoption of Test Driven Software Procedures in KwaZulu-Natal |
Faisal Vanker |
| 02:20 PM-02:55 PM
Are “Bots” the next big thing? |
Pivendren Naik |
| 03:00 PM-03:20 PM
Tea |
|
| 03:25 PM-04:00 PM
Gamification of Software Development Teams |
Ebrahim Adam |
| 04:05 PM-04:20 PM
Closing and Prizes |
Sponsors and Organizers
This event has been organized and sponsored by the Department Of Information Technology at the Durban University of Technology. For further information please feel free to contact the organiser Mr. C. Vanker at [email protected] or Tel: (031) 373 5584
Cost of Event
There are no entry costs.